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Smyrna times., 1947-11-20
HOLIDAY HIT

HOLIDAY Hit
If you want to make a big hit on
the big day, take my tip and take
a trip to your APP for a rich
JANE PARKER FRUIT CAKE.
Studded with glaceed cherries,
pecans, raisins and citrus fruits.
this luscious fruit cake is Amer
ica's favorite. Bet it'll be yours too!
CRUST ISN'T A "MuST"
Pumpkin pie filling baked in a cas-
serole instead of crust is Just as
tasty. especially if you use APPS
choice ANN PAGE SPICES and
this recipe: Mix u cup brown
sugar, tsp. Gin
namon, Y tsp. MNMhld MNM
nutmeg, 4 tsp. %,|<=7-SI
ginger, 1s tsp. dt
cloves and u tsp. Vp
salt. Add to 3 J
eggs, slightly
beaten. Add IL cups cooked or
canned pumpkin; mix well and stir
in 2 cups milk. Pour into L " qt.
casserole; set in pan of hot water
and bake in moderate oven, 3750
F., u hrs. or till set. Serves 6.
Smyrna times., 1947-11-20

John Bassett Moore School stu
dents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
Col. George w. Gillette
Heads Group Which
Will Make Inspection

Following a stop-over at Augusta,
Ga, for an inspection of the Clark's
Hill project now underway on the
Savannah river, a group of Army
engineers, headed by Col. George
w. Gillette, division chief of engi-
neers, with headquarters in Allan
ia, arrived at Bluethenthal field
late yesterday afternoon for a two
day inspection trip down the Cape
Fear river and a survey of near
by inlets.
Arriving in an Army plane, the
group, which included besides, Col.
Gillette, Col. R. B. Winner, exec
utive officer; C. T. Lindner, chief
civilian engineer; o. B. Stewart,
of the operations division; B. Black
man, reports division and R. w.
Pierce, department of hydraulics,
posed for pictures together with
H. E. Hicks of the Wilmington air
port and then drove into Whining
ton where they boarded the sur
vey launch "Kitty Hawk which
will be their headquarters during
the two-day inspection trip.
According to Col. Gillette, the
Engineers will drop down the river
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
Standard Time Fight;
Senator Ouert0n "SecedeS"
Along The Cape Fear

ToBACCONIsT's SHOP A
few steps from the whining
tons" wharf is an unpretensious
tobacconist's shop-a small brick
building-which is said to h a v e
been the residence of the C e ! e.
brated Colonial Governor, William
Tryon, who was closely identified
with the Cape Fear section Of the
Revolutionary times, as will be
seen further on.
CORVALLIS HEADQUART-
ERS - Higher up, Oh the corner
Of Third street, may be seen the
fine residence, which served as
the headquarters of General Lord
CORVALLIS, commander of the
British forces.
OWNED NOW BY McRARY -
The old home is now owned by
Mrs. McCary. Directly opposite
stands an ancient residence Of the
DeRosset family. which was used
throughout the civil war nearly a
hundred years later az headquar'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
BODY OF HENRY PAGE
FOUND FLOATING In
NEW RIVER FRIDAY

JACKSONVILLE, May e.-P)C
The body of Henry Z Page, prom
inent Aberdeen business man, was
found in New River late today.
The body was found four miles
upstream from where he fell from
his houseboat near the Junction OF
the river and the inland waterway
late Sunday. Fishermen express.
ed the belief that the body had
come to the surface and had float
ed upstream on a flood It'd Thurs
day night.
Sheriff I. Dan Sanders and Act
in. Coroner Timmons Jones, who
investigated, said that death had
come accidentally by drowning and
added that an inquest was unneces'
sary.
Members of the family who hao
remained at the houseboat al
sneads Ferry since Page fell over.
board said funeral services VIII De
conducted Monday at Aberdeen
The body will be cremated at Dur
nam.
A widespread search Tor rage
president of the Cape Fear rail-
road. was undertaken after ne
fell from the boat. His wife, whe
was with him at the time, had
expressed the hope that he had
made his way to safety on the
rivers bank after a life p~reserve1
and a bench had been thrown te
him from the boat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
SERGEANT'S
STEADY HAND SAVES
LIFE OF NEW YORKER

NEW YORK, May 9. -tR- A
man whose skull was pierced by
a falling four-foot steel rod was
alive tonight at Bellevue hospital,
probably because of a ponce SER
geant's steady hands.
Police said George Duelfeld, %
year-old shipping clerk, was chat
ting with a friend or East 32nd
street when he collapsed or the
sidewalk.
The friend, seeing a long, trim
rod p%rotruding from DueEeld's
head, called police who summoned
an ambulance. But the rod, five
sixtenths of an inch thick, was
so long they couldn't get him N
the ambulance, and they were
afraid removing it would kill him.
Then police sergeant, Frank
Manion, %discarding the idea OF a
hacksaw because of vibrations,
took a heavy pair of shears. Care
full not to jiggle the rod, he cut
it off near Duefeld's head.
AS doctors began operating to
remove the piece of steel fr m
|D%uelfeld's head, detectives were
trying to find out where the rod
came from.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
WILLIE FRANCIS
SMILES IN DEATH
Electric Chair Which Once
Tickled Him, Snuffs
Out Negroes Life

ST. MARTINVILLE, La, Nav 9
-Ug-Willie Francis died smiling
today while his aged-mother Sob
bed on the street outside the jail.
The 18-year-old Negro boy
brushed aside Attorney Bertrand
DeBlanc's offer OF one more des-
peration appeal and walked like a
man, as he said he would. to the
electric chair that had only tic
killed. him 'on May 3, 1916.
Braced by religion, anxious to
meet his God, Willie even man
aged to laugh as he was strapped
into the chair.
Willie's last words were ''every-
thing is all right" He walked to
the chair unfalteringly from a
small cell at the rear Of the Jail
When his cell door opened to the
hallway he had only two steps to
walk.
Willie waved off offers of help
from the Rev. Charles Hannigan,
who had touched his sleeve. He
ate his last mealEa big dinner of
catfish from the bayous of this
lush Evangeline country.
Willie died like he said he
would, "unafraid." He was strap
ped in the chair at 1905 pm.
est, and the switch was thrown
at 1903 pm, four minutes later
Willie was pronounced dead.
Big Smile
Willie. gave a big smile as ne
approached the chair. He even
managed a laugh as he was being
strapped. He was still smiling
when the hood a slipped over
his face.
Outside the tiny jail scores OF
whites and Negroes had Assem- :
bled. In the crowd was a little
old lady who cried. She stood a.
cross the street, some 200 feet
from the Jail, sobbing. Finally she
walked away. She was Willie's
mother.
The stepped up speed of the
gasoline-powered generator in the
truck parked outside the high
board fence enclosing the jail in
dicated that the executioner had
applied the current iolting Willie
to death.
The portable chair worked
quick this time unlike the day in
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
Big Cut
Suggested
Senate Finance Committee
Votes Income Slash OF
Four Millions Yearly

WASHINGTON, May 9. -(P-
An income tax cut of 81, 900, 900, 600
wear. effective July l, was rec
ommended today by the Senate
finance committee.
Chairman Millikin (R.-Colo.) an
,ounced the vote was 8 to 5.
The principal change from the
MEASURE passed by the House is
te effective date - July l. The
House had voted to make the re-
auction retroactive to January 1.
The Senate committee inserted a
now reduction bracket giving per-
ans with net incomes between $79,.
;S and 1902, 1896 a tax cut Of is
,er cent rather than 20 per cent as
rroyided in the House bill. This
,cale of reductions is set up in the
measure:
80 Per Cent Cut
40 per cent for persons with net
incomes (after exemptions and de.
h~ctions) of 1000 or less.
A flat SGT notch reduction for
net incomes between 1000 and
81, 1896.
% per cent for incomes from
81. 1896 to $40, 726.
Is per cent for incomes from $79,-
E8 to 1902, 1896.
1A5 per cent on all incomes above
1902, 1896.
Aman with a net income of $780,
900 would get the benefit of the
N per cent reduction on the first
Es9,7 28 Of his income, and IS per
/ cent off on the balance. A man
\ with income above 1902, 1896 would
4 get the benefit of a 20 per cent
h cut on his first $751; and a Is
i per cent cut on income between
That point and 1902, 1896. The 10.5
rate cut would apply only to taxes
hon income above 1902, 1886. No one
would get the benefit Of the 80 per
keent cut on any part Of his in
Eeome unless he is in the bracket
Ect those with net incomes of ST.
boo or less.
Milikin told reporters he be-
leves the bill a be reported to
Ethe Senate by next Wednesday.
Estimates Differ
The House estimated its bill
Mould cut the individual income
|tax load So, 300, 900, 900. The Senate
bet its estimate of the total re-
auctions slightly higher.
Reporters learned from commit
Bee members that Senator George
tD.- Ca had voted with the seven
Republicans on the committee con-
Federation of the bill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
House Passes $500, 900, 900 Greek
Aid Bill By Vote Of 287 To 107;
Southern Bell, Workers In Accord
Strike Comes
End Today
Employees Gain Wage In
creases OF 81 To 81 Per
Week By Settlement

O.. G. Balm, local manager Of
the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company, early last
night released the following state
ment, made by H. S. Dumas, pres
ident. of the Southern Bell com
pany.
The 33-day old strike in the nine
states served by the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany has been settled, officials
Of the company announced tonight.
The strike has been called off
effective at 6 a. m. Saturday,
May 10 and normal telephone ser
vice will be resumed as early as
possible thereafter.
Agreement between the company
and the Southern Federation Of
Telephone workers was reached
at 8 p. m. o'clock May 9 on wage
rate increases for the company's
approximately 1000 non-super-
visory employees generally amount
ing to So, So and 81 per week. &C
cording to length Of service and
job classifications.
The wage increase granted the
other items included in the agree
ment will add approximately $10,-
600, 900 to the annual cost of pro-
viding telephone service in the
south, officials of the company de-
clared. The original union de-
mands would have added So, 000,-
600 to the annual cost of providing
Southern Bell service.
I'VE believe the. agreement
which has just been signed is fair
to the employees, fair to our Gus
toners, and fair to the company,
H. S. Dumas, president of Southern
Bell declared.
Customers To Pay
THE money which we pay to
u employees in wages, as well
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
Man HURLS COED
INTO TRAIN PATH
NYU Stu d n
Saved From Death By
Company Workmen

NEW YORK, May 9 AR-Hurl-
ed by a man head first into the
path Of an oncoming subway
train, an attractive New York uni
sersity coed was rescued by
track workers today while horror
struck onlookers on the station
platform seized her assailant and
peat him into submission, police
reported.
The man, Jack Didia, 28-year-
old salesman, described himself
ts a veteran recently released
Prom a mental hospital, police
paid, adding that he told them he
pad suffered a nervous collapse
curing his war service.
Bertha Pataky, 81. of Brooklyn
pas standing on the platform
Chatting with another student, po-
pee reported, when Didia, without
word, grabbed her under the
ermpits and hurled her scream
|ing to the tracks.
The screams of the black-haired
university senior startled passen =
8erS on the crowded platform and
Drought trackmen. working near
|by, to her aid.
Train Stopped
TWO OF them lifted the girl and
I'm With her to a space between
Ne huge pillars separating the
@Southbound a n d northbound rails
FAle others seized red flags and
taVed the train to a stop, Is feet
ron the spot where Miss Pataky
tlo her rescuers huddled.
MISS Pataky's escort, Merwin
NoIt' 2l-year-old NYU freshman,
sOla police he grabbed Didia and
Haocked him down land others
Zane over and started hitting
Him."
When police arrived Didia -
SAo was cut over the right eye,
"a the nose and had other in
9urleS-was being held for them,
detectives said.
MISS Pataky, who said she
ever had seen Didia before, wa
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
HORTON
NOW ELIMINATED
P ittsboro Man Recon-.
mended By Cherry As
Democratic Chairman

RALEIGH. May 9. - @ Gov.
R. Gregg Cherry recommended to-
day that National Committeeman
Wilkins P. Horton Of Pittsboro be
named chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee,
and Horizons name Immediately
was removed from the list OF
p r. bable contenders for the
party's gubernatorial nomination.
The governors recommendation
was made to the State Executive
committee, which meets here this
month On an unannounced date,
and w a s tantamount to election.
At the same time, Gov. Cherry
recommended that State Senator
Joe. L. Blythe of Charlotte, presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate, be
named national committeeman to
succeed Horton.
The governor said that both
Horton and Blythe would accept
the new posts.
Horizons acceptance of the
craftsmanship, when formal elect
ion is made, would mean that he
could not run for governor as long
as he held that post. Those r the
party's rules. Blythe, however,
could remain as president pro
tenn.
The announcement was made as
political speculation mounted as
to the 1948 gubernatorial race.
State Treasurer Charles M
johnson already has announced
and gained the formal support of
Speaker Tom Pearsall, who pre-
viously had been mentioned as a
likely candidate. The only other
person who has formally announc-
ed is Rep. Oscar Barker of Dur
ham. Lieut.. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine
is among the other major posi-
bilities, although ne has h a d
nothing 70 say of late.
With the recommendation OF
Horton, the governor repaid, at
least in part. another of his politi-
cal debts. Horton went down the
line for Cherry in 1914, and was
his campaign lieutenant.
Umstead Resigned
On the death of U. S. Senator
Josiah W. Bailey, his name was
mentioned prominently as a posi-
BILE successor. The governor, how
ever, chose to appoint his cam
paign manager, William B.
umStead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10

tiers of the Confederate generals
commanding this district.
CONF D E R A TIE COTTON
PRESS-As we leave the wharf, on
our passage down the river, we
see a conspicuous relic of an ex-
traordinary era in the foreign trade
of Wilmington.
1t is the leaning, but %unbroken,
brick chimney Of the Confederate
States Cotton Press established
here in the year 1864.
FIRST PRESS IN WILMINGTON
This press was the first press in
Wilmington land had a capacity
Of 500 bales a day. The Wharves
and marsh adjoining the a e
houses were piled with enormous
quantities Of cotton bales belong
ing to the Confederate govern
ment, and hither came all tn e
swift blockade-runners for cargoes
which were laden with great
rapidly; work went on day and
right with as many as 20 steamers
iloading together.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
|STASSEN AGAINST
BAPTIST MOTIONS
Former Governor Saws
Churches Can Contrib
ute To Heal Peace

ST. LOUIS, May 9. - @ For
mer Governor Harold E. Stassen
OF Minnesota told the Southern
Baptist convention today that
'Baptists and other c h u r c h e S
through the practice of humani-
tartan principles can contribute to
a just and lasting world peace"
Stassen, who is a former vice
president Of the Northern Baptist
convention and a member of the
Baptist World Mission crusade,
prefaced his address with the
statement that he did not agree
wit. the resolutions passed by the
convention yesterday.
The resolutions urged with
drawal of Myron S. Taylor as a
diplomatic representative of t h e
United States at the Vatican, and
opposed a recent Supreme court
decision authorizing use of public
funds for b transportation for
parochial school pupils.
Stassen told the convention he
adhered to 1.-THE basic American
principle of the separation of the
church and state" but declined
further comment on the subject to
reporters later. He said he plan
ned a fuller statement in the near
future.
-. ... Sober Optimism. -
Stassen said he returned from
his recent European trip with
sober OPTIMISM"
81 do not underestimate the
difficulties of tn e United States
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
INVITES FAA
TO CALL STRIKE
Company Tells Union OF
Foremen They Will Be
Responsible For Action

DETROIT, May 8 up The
Ford Motor co. told its unionized
foremen in effect today to go n
head with a strike May II, as
sorting the union would be respon-
sible for ''immeasurable harm"
Ford's tacit invitation to a
strike was contained in a crisply
worded letter to the Foreman's
Association of America, which
claims to represent the company's
more than 300 foremen.
John S. Bugas, a Ford vice
president and director of indus
trial relations, wrote the letter to
Rober H. Keys, FAA presiden.
The letter, made public by the
company referred to differences
the FAI and Ford and
said in part:
Time Ripe
We do not propose to be pres
sured into arrangements which
we know from experience will rot
work. Nor do we propose to give
up the idea, now or ever, THAI
foremen are an integral part OF
our management team, and that
they therefore share management
responsibilities.
However, if you disagree on
either of these two points-that is,
if you think that by a strike you
can coerce the Ford Motor co. In
to some agreement which we
know is not workable, or if you
think that foremen have no man.
agement responsibility perhaps
this is as good a time as any
to settle those issues"
Keys said he had not yet re-
ceived Bugas' letter ard therefore
declined comment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
NCSSE MAY HONOR
SAFETY RECORDS
Plans Underway To Recog-
nize Employees With so
Year Achievements

WINSTON-SALEM, May 9 -lP)
North Carolina Society of Safety
Engineers today made plans to
honor every industrial worker in
the state who has spent SO years
or more on the job without lost
time accident, it was announced
here at the annual meeting.
The announcement said that
North Carolina industries would
be canvassed for employees who
qualify.
Also discussed was recent legis-
lation passed by the 1947 General
Assembly, which had a direct
bearing on safety in the stare and
which was supported by the North
Carolina Society of Safety Engi =
reers. Praised as being steps TAX
en- in the right direction were a
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
Engineers Arrive
For River, Inlet Trip
PATRIOTISM

PORT HURON, Mich, May
9.-P-Unionr 'plasterers here
today passed up a Is cent-hc trly
raise, with a spokesman declar-
ing their action was "our contri-
button to stabilizing building
costs"
Officers Of Local 10, Brick
layers, Masons and Plasterers
(AFL), said the raise had been
agreed upon recently in negotia-
tons and would have become ef-
fectfve soon. The current pay
rate is So an hour.
The raise previously had been
obtained by the union in negotia-
lions With contractors Of the
metropolitan Detroit area, with
others in ueighboring cities such
as Port Huron following suit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
AIR FORCES MAN
VICTIM OF SHOT
Body OF Former Lake For
est Resident Found
Near Thomasboro
Special To The Star

SHALLOTTE, May 9. - Staff
Sergeant David S. Devoll, USAAF,
who was stationed at Myrtle
Beach, S. c., was found mysteri-
ously shot in his automobile, about
IS miles south of here, near Thorn
ashore, shortly before noon today.
The soldier, who formerly resid.
ed at SO West Drive, Lake Forest,
Wilmington, had been dead ap-
proximately II hours, Acting Cor
onor C. S. Fitzpatrick, of Brunswick
county, said late tonight.
Officers investigating the fatal
shooting said Devoll, whose wife
resides at Ashe, had been shot with
a shotgun, the charge taking eff
feet in the left front side of his
neck and came out the back of his
neck.
According to the officers he had
apparently been shot while on the
outside of the vehicle as only a
small amount of blood was founc
in the car. Sheriff John White Of
Brunswick county and his staff Of
deputies were busy late tonight
tracking down all possible clues
as to how the Airforce seTgean'
met his death.
Photographs and finger print:
were taken at the scene today. The
dead man was identified by driv
er's license found in his pockets.
Acting Coroner fitzpatrick sale
the body was discovered shortly be
fore noon this morning on U. S
highway II, a few miles from the
South Carolina line.
The body was taken to the Kilpat
rick funeral home at Southport
Funeral arrangements will be an
'nounced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-10
While Washington Works
On EDIT, His Office Fol-
lows EST Schedule

WASHINGTON, May 9. - (j -
When the Senate comes to order
at its usual noon hour Monday,
the boys needn't look around for
Senator Overton D-La).
In the first place, he will be
on his way to Arizona.
In the second place, he proba-
bly, wouldn't show up until ! p. m.
Eastern Daylight Saving m e,
even if he were in town.
Senator Overton, it seems, is
running on standard time.
The entire District of Columbia
- President Truman, Senators,
Representatives and just plain
people goes on daylight saving
time Sunday.
But not Senator Overton nor the
loyal Louisianians who work in
his capitol hill office.
On his door, for the benefit Of
any early-rising callers, will be
these proud words: "This Office
Runs on Standard Time Only"
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WASH shay 9-P)-1n
a stormy of the Senate, a
group of IL -mocrats tonight in
PRODUCED a complete substitute for
the union-curbing bill the chamber
has been debating two weeks.
Senator Murray (D-Mont> offer
ing it on behalf of himself and
ten colleagues, said it meets Presi.
dent Truman's suggestions on la
Dor legislation and covers other
matters as we'll. But he did not
specify that there was any Presi-
dental agreement to accept it, nor
indicate whether administration
officials had a hand in its prep
aration.
His action followed an unusual
session which Mr.. Truman held
earlier today with seven cabinet
members and other aides on la
Dor legislation. The word after
that conference, however, was that
it was concerned principally with
the anti-portal-pay bill. The Presi-
dents official family was report
ed split on whether he should sign
or veto that bill.
Joining with Murray in sponsor
ing the new labor disputes bill as
a substitute for the pending meas
ure were Senators Pepper D-Fla),
Ebert Thomas (Utah), Chavez
NM), Green (RT), Kilgore WVa)
DIN D. Johnston Is c. Magnuson
Wash). Myers (Pa), Taylor dda-
ho) and McGrath GRID.
Meets Humans Wishes
Murray said one section meets
Mr.. Truman's recommendation
that machinery be provided
whereby unsettled disputes con-
corning the Interpretation of an
existing agreement may be re-
ferred by either party to a final
and binding arbitration"
He said another provision would
carry out a recommendation OF the
conference that the U. S. con.
Citation be strengthened within
Presidents labor = management
the Labor department. The pend
ing bill would create a new medi-
alton agency apart from the Labor
department.
The action of Murray and his
colleagues in offering the substi-
tute precipitated a bitter wrangle
with the Republican leaders.
With good progress being made
in disposing of amendments, Sen
ator Wherry R-Neb), acting as
majority leader, sought to win
agreement for a vote
on final passage Monday, Or at
the latest Tuesday.
1t was then that Senators Muir
ray D-Mont), and Pepper CD-Fla),
blocking any such agreement, an
nounced that they and other Demo-
Gratis they did not name had their
substitute on tap.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) jumped up
with a protest about completely
dilatory" tactics in view of the
two weeks the debate already has
been run.