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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
BY WEDDELL HARRIS

It early entries are any sign,
the not-far-in-the-future South At
lantic Regatta will boast one of
the most impressive entry lists in
its history. The big sailing spec
tacle, slated FOR Wrightsville
Beach July 10, II, and IL, will
this year be sponsored by the Car
dina Yacht Club.
Each year the South Atlantic
Regatta Commute chooses a diff
ferent site for the highly-touted
wind-conflict, and this year local
water was given the nod.
Eligible to be entered in the
eleven class classic are any craft
from the five South Atlantic
states-Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, or Flori-
da. The eleven classes are COM
posed Of: Moth, Snipe, Comet, Ma
tional l design, Hampton 1 design,
Lightning, Class "E" L.O.A. I'M
der 16', Glass CD L.O.A. 49, to
49,, Class &C" L,O.A. 10 to q,
Class "B' Inland Lake Scows
L.O.A. 20, and Class "a" Inland
Lake ScoWs L.O.A. 49,.
Billy Lockwood. highly-touted
tiller-jockey, mas an
nounced definite intentions of en-
tering into the three-day festivi-
ties, although he has not declared
whether or not he'll
his Class "B" Scow or his
well know Class "C' "Wing-it''.
Both Raymond Demarey, of Sa-
vannah, and Willie Shopper, OF
S. c., have entered their
Class "a" Scows, the viking
and "Syndicate', respectively.
Quite a number of Comets from
City ard several Light
nings from Charleston have been
entered.
Although there are 10 Class
ga" Scows at Wrightsville, visit
ing Glass "B" Scow men will
come up against stiff. opposition
with the local scow flet, which
is at present led in the seasonal
point racing by Donald Parsley,
Jr., in the Regardless, and Ken
meth Sprunt in the "Wahoo".
Tanky and Henry Meier will
give plenty Of competition in the
Snipe Class with their '"We
Wynn, and Donald Fisher, Vic
Taylor, Jack Preston, and Ray
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
MEMBERS
in SWIM GAMES

Cadet and Junior members OF
the Wilmington YMCA class yes
terday competed in a swimming
tournament under the direction OF
Adam Smith, athletic mentor, who
is endeavoring to push the tank
sport and ultimately organize a
swimming team to represent Will
mington in intra-city competition.
Smith is launching new efforts
to interest the YMCA members
in the field of swimming, and yes
terday's tournament will be fol-
lowed by several others this sum-
mer, he said.
Results were as follows:
Two Lengths of Pool, Freestyle
Cadets Juniors
Edward Brown Tom Covington
Gene johnson Dave Patrick
Bobby Chadwick Harry Hayes
Diving
Odell Bridges Harry Barnhil
Edward Brown Jim Jeffords
Billy Smith Harry Hayes
Seven Length Race
No Entries Charles Brewer
Dave Padrick
Jim Jeffords
Four Length Backstroke
No Entries Tom Covington
James JeffordS
Charles Brewer
Four Length Crawl
No Entries Dave Padrick
Harry Hayes
Max Cook
Length Kick-Board
Jim Bryan No Entries
Dick King
Max Frayar
Two Widths Pool
Dave Cleveland No Entries
Tom Elliott
Carl johnson
Beginners Kick
Carl Dennison No Entries
Jerry Callahan
Ray Jackson
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
SheaStopsA's For11th;
Cubs Edge Pittsburgh

NEW YORK, July 5 -PNFrank
Shea, standout rookie Highlander
of the New York Yankees, stop
ped the pesky Philadelphia Athle-
tics, 81 on three hits today in
gaining his 18th victory of the
year as against two setbacks.
The hefty recruit was in com
mand throughout and yielded the
AS their lone run in the seventh
after two were cut when Buddy
Rosar doubled home Elmer Valo,
who had walked to start the in
ming. Another recruit, 10 Twice,
started for Philadelphia and
BANKED the American League
pace-setters on che hit until the
Fourth when the Yanks scored.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
REESE NAMED

NEW YORK, July g.. E -
Harold (Pee Wee) Reese, short
stop for the Brooklyn Dodgers,
was named to the National League
baseball team today by
Manager Eddie Dyer of the st.
Louis Cardinals, who will direct
the senior circuits team In Tues
game with the American
League. Reese will replace Eddie
of the Cincinnati Reds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Regatta Looms
Best In Years

mond Holland are planning on be-
ing hard to get along with in the
Comet Class.
Ed Nets, commodore Of the
yacht club, and Jimmy LyeI1,
Chairman of the Invitations com
mite, urged all local shippers
expecting to enter their craft to
get entry blanks in Immediately.
The races. which are being held
in conjunction with the local yacht
clubs Gath annual regatta, will
start at 300 o'clock each day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

PITTSBURGH, July 5 -R-Bnl
Nicholson's long double in the
sixth that scored two runs en-
abled the Chicago Cubs to trip
the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates,
4 to 3, today in the opener OF a
three-game series.
Earlier, Ralph Kiner hit his
2Cth home run Of the season with
one mar on in the third to give
the Pirates and pitcher Rip Sc
well a short-lived 80 lead.
Doyle Lade scattered nine hits
to gain his sixth victory against
five losses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Late Scores

t~ralia, unranked giant killers Of the
early rounds, 8-6, 6-3, SO, in a
match so ferocious that one Of
Falkenburg's Grant overhead
drives smashed into the royal box.
The 80-year-old Queen Mary
ducked, but the ball missed her
and the other dignitaries seated
there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
NAMED COACH

CHARLOTTE, July S - (P -
Gordon A.. (Chubby) Kirkland,
head coach at Ottawa College at
Salisbury, today was named as
coach of the North Carolina team
which will play South Carolina
in the Carolinas All-Star Boys
Baseball game here Aug. 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
WITS OPEN

TARBORO, July 5-R-Chapel
Hill walked away with the honors
in the boys and girls divisions
and Tarboro won the Open Di-
vision in the first Carolina AAU
Swimming championship held here
today at the Municipal Pool.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
SWEEPS sKEET HONORS

CHARLOTTE, July s R -
Hugh Chatham of Elkin today
added the all-bore event to the
20-gauge event which he won Fri
day and also annexed the high-gun-
overall to gain a triple sweep
of honors in the Piedmont Champ
ionships Skeet shoot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
WINS 2 TITLES

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
5-U.D-Buddy Behrens of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, won the Ma
tional Scholastic Tennis singles
championship today and then
teamed with schoolmate George
King to take the doubles title.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

Errors: Russell, Scheffing, Merullo,
B1oodworth. Runs batted in: Pafko 2,
Kiner 2, Nicholson 2. Two base hits:
Lowrey, Nicholson. Home un: Kiner.
Sacrifice: Salkeld. Double plays: Merul-
10, johnson and Rickert; johnson, Rick
ert and Merullo; Lade, Merullo and
Rickert; Bloodworth and Greenberg. Left
on bases: Chicago 10; Pittsburgh 9.
Bases on balls: Sewell 4, Lade 5. Hit by
pitcher: by Sewell Pafko). Umpires:
Conlan, Reardon and Goetz. Time: ELL.
1880.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-28
Camp periods this year for
the Guards and Guardettes
are in the early part of August.
FOREIGN AIR MAIL NOTICE

Effective April goth, a SER
vice of air letters was inaug-
urated to all foreign countries
at uniform rate of 10 cents
each. Our local post office is
now carrying such letters for
sale to the public. Air-letter
sheets can be folded into the
form of an envelope, with
printed postage stamp and air
mail markings and are sold for
10 cents eact. No enclosures
are permitted. If anything is
enclosed the articles will be
sent by surface mail. Air-let-
ters will be given all available
air service to the countries of
destination. Air-letters may not
be sent under registration. Air
letter sheets manufactured by
private individuals or con-
Germs, if approved by the De-
partment for such use, will be
accepted for mailing after the
number of cents postage has
been affixed.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-28
CAMP SITE PURCHASED

Recently General Overseer
Mintern, Steve LaBelle and
Paul Peters made trip up in
to Door County, Wisconsin, in
the Green Bay Peninsula Coun-
try and up near the north end
of the Peninsula, purchasing
a two and one-half acre tract
of land for the Junior Guard
and Guardette Camp Site, To-
Gated on the Bay side of the
Peninsula near the northern
end, which is ideally located.
Last year the Guards and
Guardettes had their camp in
this area and enjoyed it a
great deal.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-28
TIE TheOCrat

Bette Lou Derringer
Clarence DeLacy
Paul Ditzig
Harold R. Graf
Gerald Hazel
Patricia Hedstrom
Mariann Hollingshead
Betty Howard
Harold Hurlbut
Eugene Johnson
Gene Larson
Dwayne Lucy
Leon Mellon
Marlone Mericle
Robert L. Mifflin
Dorothy L. Miller
Marvin O'Hare
Donald Paulson
June Kendall
Theodore K. Ruesch
Dorothy Sims
Robert Stephens
Geraldine Shines
Bettye Stream
Mildred Summerford
Craig "A. Thomson
Willis Glen Walldan
Lester Rowe, Teacher
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-28

Ruth jeanne Appenzeller
John S. Beebe
Ernest Paul Booth
William Bryant
Rosemary Casteel
David Clerk
Walter E. Davis
Vaneda Ann Doty
William Charles Finn
Edward L. Hawkins
Henry Hansen
Mildred Hurst
Marilyn L. Johnson
James Leonard Kastamo
Marilyn Kelley
Foley E. Kennedy
Betty Leech
Marcia Mac Gregor
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-28

Pauline Albrecht
Anna Anthony
Loren Armstrong
Beverly Jean Battling
jeanne Bicket
Darwin Borden
Lemuel Boyd
Kathleen Collymore
Dolores Daley
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Flour Production Resumes
As Buffalo Strike Ends
By the Associated Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 4.-Pro-
duction was resumed today in the
Nations largest -four milling center
rs approximately $500 millers re-
turned to work, ending a three
week strike.
Settlement of the walkout that
nearly halted production came yes
terday In q surprise conference
called by o. s. Rider of the United
States Cancellation Service. Of
ficials Of the five struck mills and
Stanley j. Bauer, business agent OF
Local 212, AFL Flour Mill Workers
agreed on q one-year contract
retroactive to July /. including:
1. General 15-cent hourly wage
hike with cents extra for tor
maintenance men.
z. Six paid holidays. :
3. Inclusion of holiday time In
computation of overtime pay. The
union sought a is per cent increase
ever the hourly average of $1,14A.
End of the strike averted serious
-four shortage in New England and
dispelled fears of a shortage else
where In the Northeast. That Sec
ton Is virtually dependent on the
10000, ,00o-pound daily capacity Of
the Buffalo mills.
During the strike output fell of
10 1,000, 900 pounds q day.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Mystery Witness Is Called
In Yacht Murder Case
Nv the kxsorinfad Prass

SANTA ANA, Calf, Aug. 4.-Tne
States case against Louise Overell,
l8-year-old heiress, and George
(Bu0 Gollum, 81. her sweetheart,
on charges of numbering her par
ents, today entered its final and
most important phase.
Prosecutor Eugene D. williams
opened the trial May 26 with the
declaration to the jury that the two
young lovers bludgeoned Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter E. Overell and then
blew up their yacht with the bodies
aboard to hide the crime. Today
Mr.. Williams summoned a surprise
witness in an effort to establish his
claim that IAN illicit relationship
existed between Louise and Bud and
was the motivating factor in the
killings.
In advance of the court opening,
Mr.. williams refused to disclose the
identity of the witness.
Mrs. Mary Pritchard, housekeeper
in the Overeu mansion In Flint
ridge; Sheriff James Musick and
Newport Beach Police Chief r.
Hodgkinson, who arrested Bud and
Louise March 10, four days after
the Overell yacht was dynamited,
will be among the chief witnesses
in the next two weeks.
Mr.. Williams estimates his case
will be finished August 13.
Attorneys for the defendants have
indicated that they intend to move
for directed verdicts for acquittals
as soon as the State rests.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
2 T-Men Slain in Spring Battles
With Moonshiners, SmuqgIers

Details of the gun fight with mar
cotics smugglers on the border seven
miles west Of Calexico. Calf, were
presented in full for the first time.
The Narcotics and Customs Bureau
chiefs, Harry ]. Anslinger and Edison
j. Shamhart, told of it this way:
Officers watching the annual
harvest of the Illicit opium crop in
Mexico" learned in May that huge
amounts" were being offered for sale
in Calexico.
To try to round up the entire gang
a seasoned undercover agent was
sent to Calexico equipped with q
background as a big Hollywood
buyer of narcotics" Rival Mexican
dope smuggling outfits went after
his business in fierce competition.
On June %, one gang promised
to deliver 1873 cans of smoking opium
at Woodbine Check, q drop in a
canal so yards north of the boun-
Diary.
The undercover agent appeared
with one customs officer hidden in
the trunk compartment of his car
and three other agents concealed
In the tonneau under blankets and
suitcases. Two others were nearby.
All were heavily armed.
AS the delivery was being made
the concealed officers sprang out.
The smugglers opened fire, aided
by confederates shooting from the
canal bank. The gunflre continued
until the smugglers fled across the
border, carrying their casualties.
The opium bearer himself and
his sack of narcotics were captured.
Later, the officer obtained posi-
tive evidence that at least two and
perhaps three of the gang died of
| their wounds"
Evening star., 1947-08-04
BY ths Assoeio,ed Press

The Treasury said today its
agents tracking down narcotics
smugglers and moonshiners met
desperate violence this spring rem
iniscent of "the old rum-running
days"
Two investigators were slain from
ambush and one squad of 'T-men"
had their car riddled by bullets
while shooting it out with narcotics
smugglers on the California Mexico
border.
Two-and possibly three-of the
smugglers were wounded fatally,
although they lived long enough to
escape into Mexico, the Treasury
said. The agents were untouched.
The Treasury also told why it
failed to get its men in some cases.
These men were rubbed out" in
warfare within and between gang
ster groups"
The situation was particularly
tense along the United States-Mex-
ican border, where rival gangs were
battling for power at the same time
that United States and Mexican
authorities were conducting a Wig
orous camapign to break up their
activities" the departments annual
summary of enforcement activities
related.
The two Treasury officers slain
were:
Clarence J. Trask, a customs patrol
inspector, ambushed on the Arizona
border April 8 while on watch for
suspected liquor smugglers.
Melvin j. Clark, an alcohol tax
unit agent, shot to death in a raid
ION a moonshine still near Homer,
Ca, June II.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
BombsheI|'s Solo TakeoH
Is RescheduIed for Today
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-The takeon
Of the solo, around the world fight
of the Reynolds Bombshell. to be
flown by William Odom. was reset
for 2 pm. today after being post
poned yesterday due to a crossed
wire in the planes insulation sys-
tenn.
Milton Reynolds. backer of the
fight, said, The flight is definitely
on for today. I'm sure We'll ghave
the plane in perfect shape for the
time of the takeoff." For hours me-
chanics worked on the plane before
the flight was temporarily post
poned.
The Bombshell, converted A-26
Army bomber owned by Mr.. Reyn-
olds, Chicago pen manufacturer,
circled the earth last April with a
crew of three. including Mr.. Odem,
to set new record for a plane with
a crew.
Mr.. Odem will attempt to cut in
half Wiley Posts 1888 solo record Of
1877 hours, Mr.. Reynolds said.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
U. 5. Plans Explorations
For Metals and Minerals
BY the Assoeiofed Presx

The Bureau of Mines said today
1t will make IS explorations for
strategic metals and minerals on
: the Nations scarcity list.
Lowell B. Moon, chief of the
bureaus mining branch. told a re-
porter that the search, in 10 States
and Alaska, will center on about
eight commodity groups listed by
/, the Army-Navy Munitions Board
rs facing critical shortages.
"Weu go after lead deposits
harder than anything else" Mr.
Moon said. "The other commodities
are tin, rutile, copper, iron, mercury,
beryllium-tantalum and tungsten ~
MIR. Noon said the mining branch,
despite appropriation cuts, also will 4:
/. "Revitalize and continue" stud
les of mining methods.
2. Take over and start to digest
the technical records on the mining
industry assembled by war agencies.
He added that the bureau has
taken over Mount Weather, Va,
from the Weather Bureau and will
operate an experimental mine tun-
mel there.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Royal Gorge
Bridge Burns
In Colorado
kY the Associatad Rrass

CANON CITY. Colo, Aug. 4.-The
famed Hanging Bridge, built in 1890
and considered an engineering mar
vel, was swept by fire last night.
The 200-foot span is link in the
Denver & Rio Grande Western Rail-
ways main route through the
Rockies.
Water was pumped throughout the
night onto the bridge, deep in the
Royal Gorge, by fire truck carried
to the scene on a fiat car.
The flames were brought under
control first by q volunteer bucket
brigade carried to the foot of the
gorge on scenic incline railway
Origin of the fire was not known.
Railway officials said 1t would
be at least 48 hours before service
over the span could be restored.
The structure was considered an
engineering marvel because, with no
other means of supporting a bridge
over the Arkansas River in the mar
rowest part of the gorge. engineers
hung it from huge abutments built
into the sheer cliffs.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Two Couples Killed
In PIune Crash Into Sea
" hs kssoeiotsd Prem

CRESCENT CITY, Calf, Aug. 4.
"A light aircraft carrying two mar
ried couples crashed into the Pacific
in sight of bathers crowding a Cres-
cent City beach yesterday, and
searchers found three bodies.
The Coast Guard, aided by divers
and commercial fishing boats, today
searched for the fourth person, a
man, who was believed to have died
in the crash.
Coast Guardsmen tentatively
identified two bodies as those of
Mrs. Walter Hale Of San Jose and
Mrs. Clyde Evans Of Jackson or
Suffers Greek. Calf.
The third body was not identified
Immediately.
The two women and their hus-
bands took of In the plane, a four
place Stinson voyager. from Pt. st.
George Airport 2 miles west OF here.
A few minutes later the plane
faltered and plunged into the sea
$50 yards Oh shore In so feet Of
water.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
At Least SO German Divisions
Reported Forming in Russia

the fate OF relatives still In Russia
The Central Committee of the SED
addressed itself to the Russian high
command in Berlin, asking for some
clarification and what to do. Early
IN May, Soviet Col. N. F. Krostov
arrived from Moscow in order to
give exact instructions to the lead
ers OF the SED. These instructions
can be resumed as follows:
The SED leaders should stress
the fact that from the viewpoint of
Germany's future it would be proper
II all German soldiers in Russia be-
longing to mechanized divisions, ar
tillery and aviation would familiar
ize themselves with Soviet military
technique" The older men and
those physically unit would soon re-
turn home.
As q result Of these Soviet in
structions, the SED is said to have
adopted the above-quoted resolu-
hon. For obvious political reasons,
however, 1t has never been made
public. Individually and privately.
the families who come to inquire
are assured that their relatives in
Soviet Russia are in no danger and
that the SED takes responsibility
for them.
Other details received In Paris
regarding the new German Army
are given in LIE Figaro. The whole
setup. this paper reports, is based
on a carefully prepared Soviet plan
with a view to an early end of the
occupation of Germany. A former
high-ranking German officer Of aris-
tocratic origin who escaped from
Russia is quoted as saying that the
German soldiers and officers serving
in the new Russo German Army
are by no means converted to Com
munism. But they all are convinced
that the Soviet Union alone will
help create q new united and strong
Germany. They all are sure that
in the near future military CO.
operation between Germany and
the Soviet Union will be possible.
Evening star., 1947-08-04

trays had occurred in Hesse during
the last two weeks of July and that
In Wuertemberg- Baden more than
400 pillagers had overwhelmed q
small German police force guarding
potato harvesters.
The Military Governor said that
considerable absenteeism In industry
had been noted as Germans searched
the countryside for food.
The AMG reported that German
war prisoners returning from Russia
to the United States zone were In
such poor health that they were rn-
MT for work. 1t said some might
never recover.
The report declared that the pris-
oners had to have three to SIX
months care In special camps on
extra rations before they were con-
sidered fit to work.
The Germans have charged that
the Russians are releasing only pris-
oners no longer able to work.
The report said about $500 pris-
oners were arriving weekly In the
United States zone from Russia, .
rate expected to continue until De.
cember.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
; 6. 0. P. Senators
Seek Visas for Peek
Inside Soviet Orbit
By the Associossd Press

Undeterred by Moscow's fiat mo-
to three House members, three Re-
publican Senators today sought to
get their own peek inside Russia.
Senator's Ferguson of Michigan
said he and Senators Bridges of New
Hampshire and Knowland of Cali
fornia have asked the State Depart
ment to get visas for them to visit
the Soviet Union and countries in
the Russian orbit during an October
trip abroad
Senator Ferguson said the trio,
members of the Appropriations
Committee, want first-hand look
at what the Soviet Union is doing
before they are called on to vote
for funds to carry out the Marshall
plan for European recovery.
Cost of Program Sought.
1--WE want to find out something
about the cost of this proposed help
for Europe, what the needs are there
and how our efforts to bolster Greece
and Turkey against threatened
Communism are progressing" Sen
ator Ferguson said.
He added that the group also
wants information on the opera
tions of the State Departments cul-
tural and information program, in
Guiding the Voice of America"
shortwave broadcasts beamed at
Russia and other countries.
Pending Moscow's response, SEN
ator Ferguson had nothing to say
about the rejection encountered by
Representatives Kersten, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin; Owens, Re-
publican, of Illinois. and Kennedy,
Democrat, of Massachusetts, 10 days
ago.
Hotel Facilities Held Reason.
Members of House Education
and Labor Subcommittee designated
to study conditions in the Soviet
Union. that group got passports
from the State Department but no
visas from the Kremlin.
The reason. Yuri M. Bruslov, chief
Of the consular division of the So
Wet Embassy here, told Mr.. Kersten
was that trips of foreign tourists
are not yet possible" because of lack
Of hotel accommodations and some
other shortages caused by the
war"
The House members-lashing out
at what Mr.. Kersten called "diplo-
matte deterrents s"-promptly can
celed their trip. But Senator Fer
guson said that If he and his sena-
torial colleagues can't get Russian
visas they will try to pick up in
formation about the Soviet Union
in adjacent cOaIntriess'
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Army 10 Revise System
For Usinq Scientists

The Army plans to revise It's
scientific classification system in
order that trained scientists can be
Of greater help to it in the future.
The new plan was revealed by
the War Department yesterday
after 1t conducted survey which
indicated that the armed forces did
not make full use Of the services
of scientists in uniform during the
war.
A total of $1,000 scientists were
polled and Al per cent of the
younger chemists who were in mill
tary service felt that their "scienti-
&c know-how" was used little If at
all. OF the older men. however.
rs per cent said their talents were
used adequately.