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The Nome nugget., 1947-10-22
Wednesday. October 22. l947
Two MysteriOusly Shot In Greenwich Village Crowd

NEW YORK, (P)-A tall man wearing an army jacket casually Strolled up to a group of people chatting on a Greenwich Village stoop shortly before midnight last night, drew a gun, fired a number of shots at them, and then casually strOlled away-leaving two dead and two others wounded.
 Police said the man made his get away easily as the crowds on Tenth St., near Bleecker s., where the shooting occurred were thrown into panic. Crowds poured out of nearby Village nightspots when they heard the fusillade. Women screamed as the wounded lay Writhing on the ground while others ran for cover.
 The dead were identified as Patsy Graziano, l9, an army Ve.- eran, and Mrs. Raffaela PaSSorel- la, 66. Police said the woman, d. though wounded in the back, might have died of shock or q heart ailment.
 Assistant chief inspector Ed ward Mullins said the shooting was a complete mystery and with out an apparent motive
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-22
Higher Prices Appear Certain For l948
By The Associated Press)

The nations consumers, jug gling their budgets to cope with continued high prices, found little if any cheer today in a prediction by the bureau of agricultural eco monies on prices and supplies of major foods and farm products for 1948.
 The outlook by the bureau indi- cated higher prices were on the way in several commodities, some of which appeared headed toward peak levels reached during and after the first world war. Yestec- day for the sixth consecutive day the Associated Press index of the wholesale prices of 35 commodi- ties set new all time peak.
 On livestock and meats, the bureau said prices probably will continue high and meat prodl,c- ton was expected to drop about 10 pounds per person from the l947 average per capita rate of 155 pounds.
 Egg and poultry prices also are expected to average higher than ,his year, and dairy products may be Higher the first six months of next year than in the first half of l947. There may be a drop in ne last ha'f, the bureau said.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-22
Hot Weather Bids Goodbye To States
CBy The Associated Press

A drop from the recent high temperatures over a wide area of the eastern half of the country was forecast today as cool air from the Rocky Mountains moved eastward.
 The mercury dipped to below freezing and snow fell in parts of the Rocky Mountain region today while another cool spot on the weather map was the New Eng land area, where temperatures fell to freezing in northern Maine. In Denver a light snow fell as the mercury dropped from 50 at mid night to the upper sos in early morning.
 The cool air was expected to move into the Dakotas and Ninne- sota tonight with below freezing weather forecast for tomorrow morning.
 Temperatures again yesterday scared into the sos over a wide section of the country and touched 90 at Omaha, Nebr., near the top on the nations weather map High readings in the east included 86 at Philadelphia and 85 at Washington, the same as in Chi cago, Cincinnati, and Kansas City.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-22
IN l777. JAMES MADISON.

who later became President of the United States, refused to treat the electors to rum and punch, after the custom of the time; conse- quently, he was not reelected to his state convention, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-22
US. Commissioners Court

Last Friday in the U. s. Com missioner's court Haldor J. Hal dersen, better known as Straw berry John" was committed to Morningside Santorium.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-22
FEDERATED CHURCH TO
 HOLD SUPPER OCTOBER 2s

Arrangements are being made to hold a supper in the church Tuesday evening, October 28. All are invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Deafened People May
Now Hear Clearly

Science has now made IT possioIe
for the deafened to hear laD.
sounds. It is a hearing deVle' ~
small that it fits in the mana anO
enables thousands to enjoy W
mons, music and friendly r con-.
partnership. Accepted by 1he ~ W.
ell on Physical Medicine .. NV
American Medical AsSoclS.o Avn.
This device does not require sss
arate battery pack, battery n ~,g,
case or garment to bulge OF ND
YOU down. The tone is elesl a.. .sn
powerful. So made that you s anr
adjust it yourself to SUIT you
hearing as your hearing ensn gls
The makers of Beltone, pep, Il,
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are SO proud Of their acnie tres De.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
FRIENDS AID
METHODISTS
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Troop -, the flames spread SO
rapidly through the ancient struc-
ture, the building was destined fo1
destruction before the firemen
arrived on the Gene. scoutmas-
ter Royal Mercer, who discovered
the blaze, said he noticed the
warmth of the building when he
went upstairs from the scouts
meeting room.
Passing the storage room,
noticed the smell of scorched
wood" Mercer said, Opening the
door, I saw the flames"
Scouts Clyde Neal and Otis Ed
wards turned in the alarm, Mercer
said, and the fire trucks arrived al
once.
An inspection by the city Fire
Inspection board following. the
blaze indicated an earlier state
ment that defective wiring was the
cause of the fire, was incorrect
Mckee Maffitt, Gilbert Morton
Coy Billiard, and Chief Ludie
Groom agreed that either spon'
taneous combustion or a careless
lily dropped cigarette was respon
sible.
Some ironic twists to the huge
blaze e discovered today.
The song books in the racks or
the benches we're unframed, ane
the offices of the Rev. J. A. Rus
sell were unframed. The picture
of the old Front Street Methods
church, was saved amid the fiery
inferno.
The historic church was actually
built on Mulberry street, accord
ing to w. q. Corbett, longtime
Wilmington resident. Corbett re
vealed Grace street was named il
honor of the church.
Meanwhile the many churches il
the city and from surroundin,
localities, were united in an ex
preston of sympathy to the con
gregation Of the destroyed church
and a feeling of certainty that =,
larger, more beautiful church
would result from the disaster
persisted in all sections of srieve<
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
csc BILL STAND
TAKEN BY KERMou
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plish it in the 10 month
he continued, referring 10 se'lod'
lation in a bill written bv S'lpu,
Senator Alton Lennon which ne and
lated that in the event tbs Supu'
government goes outside tbo city
department to pick a chief NJ pOIi''
for the city, he should not bs s ponce
ed to hold the job over IA roa aliow'
until he has had time ~ ,,'O,.ns
with the men and train a ma. m0is
the department to take over '9a IN
duties" mess
Observers believe that ths H.,
lators understood the feeIirr ssN,
the police department wban Of
wrote the bill. Nearly al ",.,
ficers have indicated their o.
ton to going outside their ds spos'
ment TO "a chief, saying this n,o,S,
"be a reflection on us. as T h.a
of law enforcement o%fficers"' VOy
ut has been shown from ~.
vlous experience that going ~.
side the department to seenr .ul'
chief has been a failure, and
is not the intention Of ssr F.. u
Lennon or myself for the 49,.
position to be made = oo,lt,s
football" he emnhsti,.nu sl
c1ared. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
SUGAR., RENT
ARE EXEMPTED
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ger" in which the bill place,
those programs.
my present concern IL NJ.
these programs be continued =.
fectively until such time a, t,.v
are no longer necessary" He went
on.
II have already directed MAT
the utmost economies be made IN
the administration of these pro.
grams, but I know it i, not No
intent OF the congress to cripuIe
rent control and sugar ration;ne
before the policy of the congress
is determined with regard 10 the
extension of these programs"
Accordingly, MI. Truman an,
n o-nced that he had requested
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, sd.
ministrator of oTC, to CONTINUE
these programs on an effective
basis, with the expectation that
the congress will take further
timely action on rent control and
sugar rationing."
He called for prompt action
by congress ito insure continuity"
and he urged that the necessary
funds be transferred to the agen-
cies which take over the ration
ing and rent ceiling controls. In
the case Of sugar, a bill now pend
ing would hand both price and "a
ton authority to the agriculture
DEPARTMENT.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

ish scientists who report in Nature
magazine a method almost equiva-
lent to fingerprinting. They photo
graph the natural pattern of
markings on the bellies of the
reptiles, or occasionally on the
backs. These patterns differ not
only for species, but also for in
dividuals.
The swedes, Diego Carlstrom
and Carl Edelstam, of Stockholm,
say the system is as sure as
fingerprinting for some species OF
snakes. They think maybe it will
work on all snakes. There have
been other methods. Cutting a
mark in a snakes skin was one.
but not very good, because snakes
tend to outgrow such scars COM
pletely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Jury Deliberates On
Case Against Johnson

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 90
ga jury of three women anc
nine men d~eliberated tonight the
governments CO nspiracy case
against former Federal Judge AL
bert w. Johnson and five CO. de.
PENDANTS without any indication Of
a quick agreement.
Four hours after U. S. District
Judge J. Alger Fee Of Oregon gave
the cas- to the jury, its members
recessed for dinner with plans tc
resume their d~e1iberation immedi.
ately afterward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
A Crime An Hour Was
Tar Heel 1916 Record

WASHINGTON, March 22.-(P)-
A crime was committed in NORTH
Carolina every half hour of 1916
III the first full postwar year one
in every Al North Carolinians wa!
a crime victim.
In the nation as q whole each
hour there were 40 burglaries. 10
petty thefts, 26 cars stolen, sever
robberies, n criminal assault
and seven assaults with a deadly
weapon.
These figures come from thu
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
annual crime report, which ais.
shows:
Crime increased In North Caro-
lima in 1916 over 1915 as follows,
Murders from l01 to 1885; crimi
nal assault from "a to 1903; ag
gravated assault from 3,748 II
4,019; larceny from 1896 to 1910
automobile thefts from 1889 t.
1878; manslaughter cases dropped
from sc to IS; and 1886 robberie;
were committed each year.
In surveying crime in min
North Carolina cities, the FBI list
ed these crimes in 1916:
Wilmington, 6 murders; 40 rob
berries; 642 aggravated assaults
306 burglaries; 1T larcenies owe.
$50 and 436 under $50; Ill auto
mobile thefts.
Ashevil1e. 9 murders; % rob
berries; 288 aggravated assaults
26G burglaries; 261 larcenies owe:
$50 and SGT under $50; and s.
automobile thefts.
Charlotte, 20 murders; 81 rob
berries; 443 aggravated assaults
653 burglaries; 329 lafcenies owe
$50 and 800 under $50; 371 auto
mobile thefts.
Durham, 9 murders; "a rob
berries; SIT aggravated assaults
278 burglaries; 1875 larcenies owe
$50 and 529 under $50; 1853 auto
mobile thefts.
Greensboro, 16 murders; 81 rob
berries; SIT aggravated assaults
296 burglaries; 3O6 larcenies owe
$50 and 648 under $50; 221 auto
mobile thefts.
High Point, n murder; fiv'
robberies, PSI aggravated as
saults; 1872 burglaries; II LARGE
MES over $50 and 181 under $50
"a automobile thefts.
Raleigh, 5 murders; 8 rob
berries; 106 aggravated assaults
1877 burglaries; IS larcenies owe
$50 and lat under $50; 1T auto
mobile thefts.
Rocky Mount, two murders;
robberies; SIS aggravated assaults
90 burglaries; 81 larcenies owe.
| $50 and 318 under $50; 40 auto
mobile thefts.
Winston = Salem. 8 murders; 4
robberies; 204 aggravated as
%saults; 1865 burglaries; 173 LARGE
MES over $50 and 557 under $50
1874 automobile thefts.
The. FBI explained robbery
includes STEALING or taking any
thing of value from a person b.
force or putting in fear; ''burgla
ry" means breaking or enterin.
and attempts; larceny, include
thefts Except automobile) such a
shoplifting, pocket : picking q
stealing without force or violence
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Carolina Alumni To Meet
Tuesday! Will Show Films
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invited to the meeting is Crowel]
Little, assistant football coach al
the University.
There are more than 300 alumni
Of Carolina in New Hanover
county. For several years, during
the war, activity of the group was
reduced to a minimum. In t h G
past 10 months. however, there
has been considerable activity
with several meetings being hello
and attended, among being hele
Chancellor R. B. House, football
coach Carl G. Snave1y, ane
Alumni Secretary J. M. Saunders
all of Chapel Hill. The smoker
meeting on Tuesday is the frs
held since new officers we're elect
ed in December. The officers, il
addition to President Fred Rippy
are Granger, and Joe W. Holman
Jr., secretary-treasurer
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Could Cleopatra Drink a Pearl
with Stomach Ulcer Pains?

An intriguing story of Cleopatra is the
one where ar admirer praised the beauty
Of two of her pearls, w~hereupon she
dropped one into a glass of wine and
drank it. She would hardly have done
this had she suffered after-eating pains.
Those who are distressed with stomach
or ulcer pains, indigestion. gas pains.
heartburn, burning sensation. bloat and
other conditions caused by excess acid
should try Udga. Get a Csc box of Udga
everywhere.
Tablets from your druggist. First dose
must convince or return box to us ana
get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK.
Saunders Drug Store and drug stores
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
immigration Treaty
Signed By Colombia

BoGOTA, Colombia, March %
.WD-The Colombian Government
anrpunced today 1t had signed an
agreement with the inter-govern-
mental committee on immigration
in London whereby Colombia will
admit an unspecified number OF
European refugees.
The government said It will give
preference to Spanish, Italian,
French and Portuguese agricultu-
raj workers, skilled workers in all
lines and industrial technicians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
By HOWARD W. BLAKEsLEE
Associated Press Science Editor

BY HOWARD W, BLAAESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK, March a. w -
The British Medical Journal re
ports experiments indicating tina
tobacco smoking interferes witt
the fertility OF rats and men.
In the human eases the expert
mentors measured the activity o.
sperm and found that this move
ment decreased with smoking anc
reappeared when smoaking wa:
stopped. Lack OF sperm activity
is one Of the numerous reason.
assigned for human infertility.
The rats were injected with
nicotine. This reduced the number
of offspring about halt.
These experiments top a long
series by many different doctor!
and scientists on effects of tobac
co smoking. Many suggest bad eft
fects but none have claimed tt
prove these effects completely.
The late Raymond Pearl O.
Johns Hopkins made the most ia
nous experiments, a study o
more than 5000 smokers. He wa!
credited with declaring that thes.
studies showed smoking shortened
life.
But he did not say precisel,
that. He said that If the results
should still be the same after hi!
study included 100. 600 human be
ings, then there would be proc
that tobacco shortens life. DR.
Pearl died before completing thu
extended study.
DR.. Alton Ochsner, world ia
NOUS surgeon, of New Orleans
has published m e d zeal chart
showing that a curve drawn h
show the increase in tobacc'
smoking is fairly well parallele'
by a curve of the rise Of canoe.
of the lungs.
DR.. Walter l.. Mendenhan o
Boston university found a steady
ing effect on nerves Of two ciga
rettes and the reverse after to-
many were smoked. He set tn
safe limit at about half a pacl
per day. =
Smoking has been shown t
speed up the rate of breathing ant
the pulse rate. 1t has been show
to cause construction Of blood yes
sells. The latter finding was a wa
report in the joudnal Of the Amer
lean Medical association. May
Clinic scientists who made the RI
port suggested it might not be
good thing to hand a cigarette t
a wounded soldier because thi
construction might be bad fo
some kinds Of wounds.
Several studies have shown thu
the surface temperature Of finger
and toes is often reduced, some
times ten degrees, by smokin
one or two cigarettes. But dee
breathing also has been shown I
cause similar temperature drop
At the Medical college of vi
ginia. at Richmond, rats we1
subjected to smoke blown In,
their cages by a smoking mi
chine. The smoked rats lived
long as the unsrnoked, in IA
averaged a bit. longer lives. 81
the non-smoked rats were fatte
and heavier.
Yale studies show that a smok
adds a small bit Of sugar to TT
blood, through the effect Of Il
nicotine on adrenal glands. TIL
sugar comes from the body store
Sugar is an energy food and tn
study concluded that sugar mlgl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Briton Says Smoking VI
Cuts Human Fertility
account for cases Of relieving ia
tigue by taking a smoke.
ELSEWHERE IN SCIENCE

account for cases Of relieving ia
tigue by taking a smoke.
ELSEWHERE IN SCIENCE
Samples OF earth from oil wells
are quick-frozen, In dry ice, under
a technique developed by the Core
Laboratories, Inc, Of Dallas,
Texas. These samples. called
cores, give an Oil prospector in
formation about tn e probabilities
that the hole he Is drilling will
strike oil, and how deep. But oil
well cores are MS tive tc
changes, particularly in moisture
after being removed from the
ground. The quick freezing pre-.
serves them for laboratory analy-
sis. Quick : frozen samples from
about 10, 200 wells have been ana
lyzed in the Dallas laboratory.
Poison ivy, says DR.. c. E. Turn
err in the American Journal Of
Public Health, can be transmitted
by dogs, cats. horses and other
animals that walk over the plants.
SCOT particles in the smoke from
burning ivy can carry enough te
produce poisoning. But otherwise
poison ivy is not air-borne despite
a popular belief. The poison.
uruahiol, is an oily resin that is
not volatile enough to travel in the
air.
A new theory that birds are able
to direct their migrations by de
tecting forces caused by the
earth's rotation IS proposed by
Prof. G. Using, Swedish geophysi
cist.
In the earth's rotation there i:
a speed Of 1000 miles an hour a
the equator, and less in higher
ATTITUDES until the figure become:
virtually zero at the poles. The
rotation results in centrifugal
force, which is modified by botf
the direction and speed of a bire
in flight. Actually, instruments
have been made to use similar
forces in giving an aviator hi
speed and direction over thu
ground. For a plane the 1igh'
forces are far larger than for
bird.
How would you mark a snake
so that when he is recapturee
years later you can still recognize
him? This problem of wild snake!
apparently is solved by two Swed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
DR.. EVANS DIES
AT HOME HERE
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Decatur, Ga, and Miss Sarah
Evans, Wilmington; and two sons,
John E.. Evans, Jr., of Baltimore,
and Hugh Evans, Wilmington.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by the Ward
Funeral home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Catawba President
Tc Speak At Banquet

SALISBURY, March % F =
DR.. A. r. Keppel, president OF c.
tawba college, will be the speak.
er when the countrywide council
of Rowan parent-teachers has ITS
annual banquet at China Grove
high school April 10.
Approximately 200 members nom
all county units are expected 10
attend. Mrs. r. L. Steel OF Bear
poplar is council president,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

Some snakes can strike three
quarters the length of their
bodies, but most are able to strike
only half the length of their
bodies. b. -atakkMaAB I
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Loyalty Hits Al. ~
Federal Departments
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~0S ONS
may amount to $15, 600, 900 to SO
900, 900.
Each agency head, Mr.. Truman
ruled, must be personally re-
sponsible" Tor cleaning his own
house.
The establishment Of one or more
"1oyalty boards" in every depart
ment and agency was directd.
Their rulings may be appealed to
a top ''loyalty review board" to be
set up in the civil service COM
mission.
Accused employees may summon
witnesses and counsel at each step
of the hearings.
WASHINGTON, March, q. - )
- President Truman's executive
order on government employe
loyalty tonight requires that the
Justice Department maintain a
sblacklist'' of disloya1 organiza-
tons.
One of the tests OF an employees
loyalty is whether he has:
Membership in, utilization with
or sympathetic association with
any foreign or domestic organiza-
ton, association, movement, group
or combination of persons desig-
mated by the Attorney General as
totalitarian, Fascist, Communist or
subversive."
A Justice Department official
said the list will be amended
from time to time" to keep up with
the shifting names that leaders
of the organization choose.
Plan are to use as a starter
a list already compiled by the
Civil Service commission. TIL e
Justice officials told a reporter it
is not planned to publish the list
"at this time" and there is no
telling whether il will be made pub
lie.
WASHINGTON, March, AZ. Up
l. President Truman's executive
order tonight for a loyalty check
of federal employees provides in
brief:
1. The attorney general is to
list all groups that are "~totallta-
rian, Fascist, Communist, or sub
versive," that seek to deny cit
liens their constitutional right-, OF
that seek to change the form Of
government by unconstitutional
means"
2. Membership or "sympathetie
association with such a groul
will stamp an employe as dlsloyal
Serving the interests OF another
government in preference to thf
United States also will be a test.
3. AL new employees are to 81
investigated for loyalty, either b:
the civil service commission or tn
| department that hires them.
4. All present employees are II
be checked by the FB1, wher'
this has not already been done.
5. A central master index il
to be kept of all persons on whom
loyalty checks have been made
so that all hiring agencies may re
fer to it.
8. Each department and agenc!
is to appoint one or more 10y
atty boards" to hear charge'
against employees and recommend
ed whether they should be fired.
Z. The civil service commission
is to set up a loyalty review
board" to act as a court of fina
appeal.
8. The names of persons giving
information against employees ma.
be kept secret in certain cases bu
sufficient Identification must b
given to permit the value Of thei
testimony to be weighed.
8. The order is effective inrned
lately. but whatever ftlnda ar
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

needed to carry out, compliance
will await the voting ct the funds
| by congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Auto Dealer, Wife
Indicted Of Murde,

DETROIT, March 22.-WH-A
wealthy Detroit auto dealer and his
beautiful wife were indicted today
on first degree murder charges,
ending an 1S-month search for the
killer of Lydia Thompson, victim
of a savage mutilation murder.
Circuit Judge George B. Murphy,
Wayne County's one-man grand
jury, issued warrants for the ar
rest of Louis v. Thompson and his
wife, the former Helen Budnik, 38.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

When a poisonous snake misses
its strike, venom may be thrown
out of its mouth, giving rise to
reports of snakes splitting" We
nom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
STUCK HIS NECK OUT

HE STUCK HIS NECK OUT
AMESBURY, Mass. W.D - Fire
swept the storehouses of the Lake
Gardner Ice Co. the day after
Thomas J.. Babine cancelled the
insurance on the buildings.